Case for Josh Christopher - Possibly Best Value Pick w/ All-star Potential

yep,
btw what package you imagine prime wb could have gotten back for okc to pair with durant harden and ibaka?

 

I’m not that big on Cam Thomas. To each his own. I get the inefficient guy that doesn’t do much else for you if he’s not scoring vibes from him. Like Jaygup though, he is only 19 so he may still develop some other things. Maybe he’s in a perfect place with the Nets to take his game to another level learning from the best of the best. Well anyways here are the highlight packages of the three SGs I see mentioned the most as guys we should've picked. Thomas, Grimes, and Hyland. You be the judge. Watch these videos and see what you think. I don’t think any of them has as much potential to be a 2-way (offensive and defensive) impact player while also being able to slide over and play a little point guard. Josh is the only combo guard. All three are easily better shooters than Josh, but I struggle to see any other facets of the game that any of them are clearly superior at right now. I'd say Grimes is the next best all-around player. I really like what I've seen from Miles McBride. He is strictly a PG though, because of his size, but he plays both sides of the ball, can dish it, and get his own.

Edit: Oh yeah, I haven't heard him mentioned much after the summer league started because he didn't really play that well so I forgot about him, but there were some Jaden Springer guys out there too so I added a Springer video too.

 

Maxing out is maxing out. He probably falls into 50% of Westbrook range is that a good thing? And even if he has all the luck in the world and becomes WB type… everybody hated WB here

 

realistic to say, based on the 4 summer league games, i expect no more from jaygup, just dunt wanna seeing him expose himself as early as as a ball hog, otherwise he belongs to G league where could let him cool down a little bit.

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of course there are bright side

but still, it's summer league, in regular season he gonna face real challenges, his statistics could not look so beautiful

 

I don't want to be a wet blanket but whatever

He was great value. But the fit is so weird.

I was just so high on Jalen Johnson and Trey Murphy III and knowing they went a few spots ahead just kills me.

 

I liked those guys too, but Trey Murphy, Jalen Johnson, Kai Jones, Isaiah Jackson and Tre Mann can’t be weighed against Josh because they were all gone by 23 and 24. You’d have to evaluate those guys against Sengun at 16 because that is who was chosen over them.

 

Humility is so refreshing.

Such a likeable kid.

 

That 44%TS looks awful. If he raises that it could become a steal of a pick.

 

If JC could shoot 3ball or his TS% was better, then no way he would have been available with 24th pick.

Rockets have 2 young Hardenesque type players, looking forward to seeing both develop.

 

I’m OK with our guy. I see more polish in the others, but Josh seems to have the best twitch of the group. NBA game is just faster and more athletic than any other league, and certainly Summer League. These guys will not look nearly as smooth in real games as in these youtubes. Josh just needs to harness his superior physical talent. Much much easier said than done… but ceiling is higher, from what I can see.

 

I do know one thing, when he gets on the court, Silas better be using that little cheeky mid-range shot he does that's just automatic. Even if all he provides on the offensive end is running in transition, drives and that one shot he should have decent production.

 

The new Rockets are hella likeable.

 

You deserve all the kudos man.

I believed but you really BELIEVED!

 

I wanted Quentin Grimes at #24 but now Christopher is my Rockets wife.